A dose of vulgarity can be good for the soul

I cannot hope to emulate Ye Olde Pedant’s eloquent and masterful demolition of Paul’s silly letter regarding the use of the term “bonk”, but I would like to add two tidbits of information to show that this delightful word is indeed in the public domain, at least in Britain.
Back in 1987, the colourful and controversial left-wing politician George Galloway was caught out by the media frolicking with naughty local ladies while supposedly attending an anti-famine conference in Greece. In typical style, Mr Galloway did not take the criticism lying down, as it were, which resulted in the memorable tabloid newspaper headline: “I Was Bonking For Britain – Gorgeous George”. More recently, the colourful and controversial right-wing politician Edwina Currie was asked during an interview how and where she would like to die. “Under George Clooney” was her in-character response. Thus another classic newspaper headline: “Edwina Currie – I Would Like To Die Bonking George Clooney”.
For goodness sake, Paul, stop being so prim and proper and join the real world. We all need a bit of light-hearted and inoffensive vulgarity now and again, not least to give us some relief from the incessant sanctimonious, self-righteous and politically correct “virtue signalling” from the liberal leftie brigade, many of whom are themselves hardly paragons of virtue.
Robin Grant
Bangkok